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Monday, January 20th, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News The Attorney General informed the Supreme Court today that his department would not appear on behalf of the former president Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in the petition against them for not preventing the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks. Both Sirisena and Wickremesinghe are among the respondents named in the fundamental […]
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Saturday, January 18th, 2020
by C.A.Chandraprema Courtesy The Island January 18, 2020, 7:03 pm As actor turned politician Ranjan Ramanayake’s recorded phone conversations sent shock waves through society over the past couple of weeks, the conversations that came in for the most scrutiny were those between the actor-politician and a former High Court judge Padmini Ranawaka, who is heard […]
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Wednesday, January 8th, 2020
Stanley Perera Melbourne Australia. Don’t be surprised if the writer tells you that a High Court Registrar wrote a judgement order without the knowledge of the High Court Judge taking a bribe from the State Timber Corporation. Writer’s lawyer assisted the registrar also accepting a bribe from the State Timber Corporation. court in Sri LankaThe […]
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Wednesday, January 8th, 2020
Courtesy Ada Derana The Attorney General has filed a revision application against the chief magistrate’s order granting bail to the Parliamentarian Rajitha Senaratne, says the Attorney General’s Coordinating Officer. On December 19, Senaratne had filed an anticipatory bail application seeking the prevention of his arrest, which was rejected by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court. The […]
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Monday, January 6th, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News An audio recording is circulating on social media revealing how the former Minister Ranjan Ramanayake had influenced a controversial decision during the regime of the good government. It reveals how Ranjan Ramanayake and Shani Abeysekera, the then Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), were negotiating to get the verdicts as they […]
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Monday, January 6th, 2020
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී ආර්. දුමින්ද සිල්වා මහතාට හිමිවූ නඩු තීන්දුව දේශපාලන බලපෑමක් මත ලබාදුන් නඩු තීන්දුවක් බවට රංජන් රාමනායක මහතාගේ නිවසින් සොයාගත් හඬපට වලින් තහවුරු වන බව අමාත්ය විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පවසනවා. මේ අතර, තවත් පාර්ශ්ව කිහිපයක් අදාළ හඬපට සම්බන්ධයෙන් අද අදහස් පළ කළා.
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Monday, January 6th, 2020
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් අධිකරණයේ ඇතැම් විනිශ්චයකාරවරුන්ට පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී රංජන් රාමනායකගේ මැදිහත්වීමෙන් මාරුවීම්, උසස්වීම් සහ සේවා දිගු ලබා දුන් ආකාරය පිළිබඳ අනාවරණ වන හඬපට කිහිපයක් සිංහලේ සංවිධානය ජාතික පොලිස් කොමිසම වෙත අද භාර දුන්නා. එම හඬපට අතර හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී දුමින්ද සිල්වා මහතා සිරගත කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් තීන්දුව ලබාදීමට අදාළ තොරතුරු ද ඇති බව එම සංවිධානය […]
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Monday, January 6th, 2020
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී දුමින්ද සිල්වා මහතාට මරණ දඬුවම ලබාදීමේ නඩු තීන්දුව ලබාදීමට පෙර මහාධිකරණ විනිසුරු පද්මිණී එන්. රණවක මහත්මියට පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී රන්ජන් රාමනායක මහතා දුරකථනයෙන් බලපෑම් සිදුකල බවට මව්බිම වෙනුවෙන් රණවිරුවෝ සංවිධානය චෝදනා කරනවා. කොළඹදී අද පැවති ප්රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාවකදී ඊට අදාළ හඬපට මාධ්ය වෙත ඉදිරිපත් කරමින් ඔවුන් මෙම අදහස් පලකළා.
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Monday, January 6th, 2020
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී දුමින්ද සිල්වා සිරගත කිරීම සඳහා පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී රන්ජන් රාමනායක සහ අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ හිටපු අධ්යක්ෂ ශානි අබේසේකර ඇතුළු පාර්ශව කිහිපයක් සිදුකළ කුමන්ත්රණයක තොරතුරු අද අනාවරණ කෙරුණා. කොළඹ අද පැවති මාධ්ය හමුවකදී රාජ්ය අමාත්ය රෝහිත අබේගුණවර්ධන හඬ පට කිහිපයක් ද එළිදක්වමින් අදාළ හෙළිදරව්ව කළ අතර, රාජ්ය අමාත්ය ලක්ෂ්මන් යාපා […]
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Monday, January 6th, 2020
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් යහපාලන ආණ්ඩුව සමයේදී අමාත්යවරයෙකු වූ රන්ජන් රාමනායකගේ තවත් හඬපටයක් සමාජ මාධ්යයේ සංසරණය වනවා. එම සංවාදය පහතින් බලන්න
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Sunday, January 5th, 2020
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, January 4 (newsin.asia): The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) said here on Friday that Switzerland has baselessly alleged that due process” was not observed in the case relating to the alleged abduction of a local employee of the Swiss embassy in Colombo. Referring to the most recent statement issued by the […]
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Sunday, January 5th, 2020
උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකාසීනිවුස් අධිකරණයේ විභාගයේ තීන්දුව ලබා දුන් මිනී මැරුම් නඩුවක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් රන්ජන් රාමනායක මන්ත්රීවරයා බලපෑම් කරන අයුරු දැක්වෙන හඬපටයක් ඔහු සතුව තිබී රහස් පොලිස් අත්අඩංගුවට පත්ව තිබේ. එකී හඬ පටයෙන් ඔහු රහස් පොලිසියේ හිටපු ප්රධානී ශානි අබේසේකර සමඟ සාකච්ඡා පවත්වයි. එහිදී ඔහු සඳහන් කරන්නේ තමන් අධිකරණයේ විනිසුරුවරියකට ඇමතු බවත් රටම බලා ඉන්න මිනීමැරුම් තීන්දුවක් […]
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Thursday, January 2nd, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayarathna rejected a motion which was filed by the lawyers of remanded former SPC chairman Rumi Mohamed to make submissions intending to obtain bail today. The Magistrate informed Mohamed’s lawyers to make such submissions when the suspect is produced before Court on January 6th. Rumi Mohamed is in […]
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Friday, December 6th, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana Westminster Magistrate’s Court in London today (06) imposed a fine of Sterling Pounds (GBP) 2,400 on former Defence Attaché at Sri Lanka High Commission in London Brigadier Priyanka Fernando who was charged for making a threatening gesture towards a group of L.T.T.E. supporters back in 2018. The hearing of the case was taken […]
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Thursday, November 28th, 2019
Sri Lankan News A WELL PLANNED OPERATION THAT FAILED TO BEAR FRUIT THE BELLIGERENTs (1) NGO OPERATION BACKED BY CIA (2) BACKED BY LOCAL OPERATORS SIMILAR TO THE LATEST SWISS EMBASSY SCANDAL (3) THAJUDEENS SOCIALITES WHO LASED HIS FINAL SHOTS OF POL WITH MIND BENDING DRUGS (4) YAHAPALANA GOONS ON A PAID MISSION TO ELIMINATE […]
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Monday, November 18th, 2019
Courtesy Hiru News Lawyers of Rayynor Silva, Chairman of HIRU TV, sends letters of demand to MP Mangala Samaraweera and two others for recent defamatory comments made against him and his family demanding 1 Billion rupees each.
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Monday, November 18th, 2019
Idrees Ali CourtesyReuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned two Army officers accused of war crimes in Afghanistan and restored the rank of a Navy SEAL platoon commander who was demoted for actions in Iraq, a move critics have said would undermine military justice and send a message that battlefield atrocities […]
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Thursday, November 14th, 2019
FB Royal Park murder convict Jude Shramantha Jayamaha has appealed for a second chance saying he never intended to harm anyone and that he was ashamed for what has happened. Jayamaha was serving life in prison over the 2005 murder of Swedish national Yvonne Johnson at the Royal Park condominium. President Maithripala Sirisena last week granted a […]
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Monday, November 11th, 2019
by Shyam Nuwan Ganewatte Courtesy The Island November 10, 2019, 9:01 pm President’s Counsel Ali Sabri showing the documents proving that SLPP Presidential Candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa had given up his US citizenship.Pic by Thushara Atapattu A panel of senior lawyers led by President’s Counsel Ali Sabri yesterday produced documents pertaining to SLPP Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s […]
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Monday, November 11th, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana Granting of the presidential pardon to the Royal Park murder convict was carried out on the recommendations of a special committee of officials, civil organizations, and several distinguished members of the society stated President’s Media Division. Jude Shramantha Anthony Jayamaha, who was sentenced to death over the Royal Park murder case in 2005, […]
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Monday, November 11th, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana The Supreme Court has appointed a five-judge bench to consider the fundamental rights petitions filed seeking for an injunction order against the signing of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Agreement with the United States. The five-judge bench appointed by the Chief Justice is to be chaired by the Supreme Court Judge Buwaneka Aluvihare. […]
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Monday, November 11th, 2019
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් එම්.සී.සී. හෙවත් මිලේනියම් චැලෙන්ජ් කෝපරේෂන් ගිවිසුමට අත්සන් තැබීම වළක්වන නියෝගයක් නිකුත් කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලා ගොනුකර තිබූ පෙත්සම් සලකා බැලීමට අගවිනිසුරුවරයා පංච පුද්ගල විනිසුරු මඩුල්ලක් නම් කර තිබෙනවා. අදාළ පෙත්සම් ලබන 13 වැනිදා සලකා බැලීමට නියමිතයි. එම්.සී.සී. හෙවත් මිලේනියම් චැලෙන්ජ් කෝපරේෂන් ගිවිසුම සඳහා රජය අත්සන් තැබීම වළක්වන නියෝගයක් නිකුත් කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලා […]
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Sunday, November 10th, 2019
Courtesy The Hindistan Times Convicted killer Jude Jayamaha, from a wealthy, high-profile family, walked out of Welikada prison Saturday following the highly unusual amnesty granted by President Maithripala Sirisena. Sri Lanka’s president has pardoned a death-row prisoner who murdered a Swedish teenager just a week before he leaves office, officials said Sunday, in a move […]
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Friday, November 1st, 2019
Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (01) reminded the Attorney General to brief the bench on legal action that would be taken against State Minister of Education Vijayakala Maheswaran over her statement concerning the now-defunct LTTE. When the case was taken up before the Colombo Magistrate this morning, the officers of the Criminal Investigation […]
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Thursday, October 24th, 2019
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Legal Officer’s Association of the State Legal Advisor- the Attorney General’s Department, which is bound to be an impartial body, has now come under criticism for obtaining advertisements from private organisations and state institutions for a souvenir they are going to publish. A WhatsApp message that had been circulated by […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2019
Shehan Chamika Silva Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Court of Appeal today contemplated that if those who dishonoured the Court by cheering inside the court room soon after the decision on Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was declared are found to be legal professionals of the bar, they would have to face legal repercussions in due course. It was […]
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Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019
By Chitra Weeraratne and A.J Abeynayake Courtesy The Island Deputy Solicitor General Nerin Pulle, on behalf of Attorney General Dappula de Livera, yesterday, informed the Court of Appeal that the signature placed on the citizenship certificate of Gotabaya Rajapaksa by Mahinda Rajapaksa, in his capacity as the President, was legitimate. DSG Pulle said that the […]
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Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019
Courtesy The Daily Mirror Appearing for the Attorney General, Senior Deputy Solicitor General Nerin Pulle today told that the former president, who had signed the dual citizenship certificate of Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2005, actually had the power to do so as the relevant minister, because he had continued to exercise being the head of the […]
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Monday, September 23rd, 2019
Courtesy Ceylon Today Lawyers in the Northern Province have decided to boycott Court proceedings tomorrow (24) in protest over the defying of a Court order delivered by the Mullaitivu Magistrate, in connection with the last rites of Ven. Kolampe Medhalankra Thera and attack on Mullaitivu lawyer Sukash today (23). Informed sources said that Mullaitivu Magistrate […]
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Friday, August 23rd, 2019
නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන BSc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක) ශ්රී ලංකාවේ නීතිය සොයාගත හැකි ප්රධාන නීති මූලාශ්ර 2කි. පාර්ලිමේන්තුව සම්මත කරන පනත් ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ සහ අභියාචනාධිකරණ නඩු තීන්දු නීතිය නොදැනීම සමාවට කාරණයක් නොවන හෙයින්” ස්වාධීන රටක නීති පැනවීම ස්වදේශීය ජනතාවට කියවිය හැකි භාෂාවෙන් ලබා දීම ශිෂ්ට ලෝකයේ පිළිගැනීමයි. පාර්ලිමේන්තුව නීති පැනවීම ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පවතින ප්රධාන නීති මූලාශ්ර 2ක […]
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